Input system enabling connection of even expansion equipment for expanding function, that transmits relatively large amount of data, to peripheral equipment and information processing system

Abstract

A processor determines whether a prescribed period of time has elapsed or not. When the processor has determined that the prescribed period of time has elapsed, the processor determines whether a mode 0 is set or not. When it is determined that the mode 0 is set, a wireless packet including remote controller button data, remote controller acceleration data and remote controller DPD data is generated. Then, the generated wireless packet is transmitted to a game device. When the processor has determined that a mode 1 is set, a wireless packet including remote controller information including the remote controller button data and the remote controller acceleration data and biological information including previous pulse wave data, present pulse wave data and light reception level data, instead of the remote controller DPD data, is generated.

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[0001]This nonprovisional application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-098213 filed with the Japan Patent Office on Apr. 14, 2009, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an input system enabling connection of expansion equipment capable of expanding a function to peripheral equipment and to an information processing system.[0004]2. Description of the Background Art[0005]A configuration enabling expansion of a function by further connecting expansion equipment to peripheral equipment for an information processing device serving as a main unit has conventionally been adopted. For example, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 11-312043 discloses such a configuration that a slot for attaching a peripheral equipment unit is formed in a keyboard and a functional unit can be operated at hand of a user as it is attached to the slot.[0006]In addition, Japanes...

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Benefits of technology

[0014]According to the second aspect, while the second mode (mode 1) is set, the biological information data output from the vital sensor and remote controller acceleration data are included in a packet as the input data. Therefore, by including the remote controller acceleration data in the packet together with the biological information data, the number of types of input data input to the information processing device increases, so that a game operation higher in a degree of freedom can be performed in such an application as a game.

[0027]According to the eighth to tenth aspects, the data amount of the biological information data input from the vital sensor can be reduced in a simplified manner.

Problems solved by technology

On the other hand, an amount of data that can be communicated from the Wii® remote controller representing the peripheral equipment to the information processing device serving as the main unit is limited.

Therefore, there has been a problem that equipment transmitting a large amount of data cannot be connected as the expansion equipment to the peripheral equipment.

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